Catalog

Record Details

Catalog Search



Swimming to freedom : my escape from China and the cultural revolution : an untold story / Kent Wong.

Summary:
A Chinese expatriate tells his story of escaping the hardship and repression of Mao's Cultural Revolution by joining the dissident underground, swimming miles across open water to Hong Kong, and eventually moving to the United States as a refugee.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781419751509 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 1419751506 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 306 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Abrams Press, [2021.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue: "It's your time to fly away." -- Hong Kong is not China, and we are Chinese -- Chasing sparrows -- Hunger -- Red versus black -- The big link-up -- "No noble men" -- Rooftop underground -- The calm before the storm -- A call from heaven -- The endless sea -- Life and death in heaven's hands -- Life is a stream of water -- "Hey, Hong Kong! I'm back!" -- Epilogue: So much has changed, yet much remains the same.
Subject: Wong, Kent > Childhood and youth.
China > History > Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976 > Personal narratives.
Children > China > Biography.
Refugees > China > Biography.
Refugees > China > Hong Kong > Biography.
Refugees > United States > Biography.
Chinese Americans > Biography.
Genre: Autobiographies.

Available copies

  • 4 of 4 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Martin Library Adults Wong Biography (Text) 33454005811518 2nd Floor Available -
Montrose 92-W WONG Won (Text) 37000009421733 SSQM Main Floor Available -
Bethlehem Main Library B WONG (Text) 33062009534497 Adult Biography Available -
Easton Main Library 951.05 W872s (Text) 31901004513745 Adult Nonfiction Available -


Additional Resources